Easter oaties...:)

I've loved oatmeal my whole life. A big thank you to LaDonna O for making the best oaties around and making me love them:) When we were little, my mom and dad would go back to my mom's village in Mexico (for what I'm sure was a much needed vacation from 6 crazy kids) and my 2 sisters and I (the little girls) got to stay with The O's. They were a family my parents knew from church, and we LOVED to stay with them:) I won't go into how I was completely OBSESSED with their daughter Jan and her purple bedroom. Uh huh. Purple walls complete with matching Swiss dot ruffled bedding (circa 1975ish?). AWESOME I tell ya. We spent our mornings eating oatmeal, and afternoons playing with Jan's Dawn dolls. (I've been obsessively looking for them on ebay for the last few weeks) I WILL find them!!! Aaaaanyway,( there is a reason for all this I swear!)  I'm lucky to have married a guy who shares my love of  "oaties". We usually eat them just plain with Rice Milk and Agave sweetener. But I decided enough is enough!! Down with healthy eating!!  Enter-

Caramelized Banana Oatmeal:)

You'll need:

Oatmeal (cooked to directions)

Bananas: 1-2 sliced

Butter: 2 Tbsp

Brown Sugar: 2-3 Tbsp

Cinnamon: to taste? 

Nutmeg: to taste?

Slice up 1 or 2 bananas. I did 2, because I love me some bananas:)

Melt about 2 Tbsp of butter in a pan:)

Throw in your bananas, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Let em cook and get all yummy and caramely:)

Spoon em over your oaties:)

Yumm!! I promise:) and no, I wouldn't eat these everyday!

I am however thinking I'm going to make this again for Easter breakfast:)

The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances. ~Robert Flatt

Happy Easter everyone!!